Samantha Morris is a historian and author specialising in the Italian Renaissance, particularly the Borgia and Medici families.

She studied archaeology at the University of Winchester, where her interest in Renaissance Italy began. Since graduating, she has developed a particular fascination with the Borgia family, researching their lives and challenging the myths and rumours that have surrounded them for centuries.

Samantha is the author of Cesare Borgia in a Nutshell, which examines the life of one of the Renaissance's most controversial figures, and Girolamo Savonarola, an introduction to the Florentine preacher whose career became closely intertwined with the fortunes of the Medici dynasty.

Her research explores the political intrigue, family rivalries, religious conflicts and extraordinary personalities of Renaissance Italy, bringing this fascinating period of history to life.